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When Yzerman drafted Edvinsson he said: “Once you are a solid defensive hockey team, you’re going to be competitive and you can win a lot of nights,” Yzerman said. “Over time, we’ll be able to add to the offense.” I think that really tells you all you need to know about the direction of the next coach. Of the guys listed above: Larionov has minimal coaching experience, and has generally sucked when he's coached. He's also routinely discussed how the NHL is too defensive. Maurice has basically said he's not interested in coaching in the immediate future. Quenneville is in purgatory. Gronborg is an unknown who's never coached high level North American hockey. Only Lane Lambert has A) a defensive mindset, B) a strong track record in North America, C) is actually available for an NHL head coaching job. He's your next coach. Book it.

I listened to Gronborg on the "Winged Wheel Podcast" and he speaks better English that most people I know. Apparently went to college here and then coached in North America for more than 10 years at lower levels. Has a weirdly gravely voice that sounds nothing like a Euro typically sounds when speaking English. Edit:

Yes, let's slap those expectations on Berggren now so everyone can turn on him as well.

If anything I think Sundqvist should be in our top6 Bertuzzi - Larkin - Raymond Vrana - Suter - Sundqvist Rasmussen - Veleno - Zadina Erne - Stephens - Gagner

We should have a LINES thread but I'll post it here in the meanwhile. lines at practice: Bertuzzi-Larkin-Raymond Vrana-Suter-Zadina Sundqvist-Veleno-Rasmussen Erne-Stephens-Gagner DeKeyser-Seider Staal-Hronek Walman-Lindstrom Juolevi-Oesterle Switch Ras and Zadina for better balance but other than that this is probably the optimal line-up with what we have. Not talking about defense. There is nothing to be said about defense.

No, no... it's piece of s***... waste of a 6OA pick.

Did Nyquist start sucking all of a sudden? I’d be thrilled if Berggren was at least that good. Would make him miles better than the two guys we picked before him that year.

https://mobile.twitter.com/LarsThorsell/status/1513143795872940032?s=20&t=Q2SOYBkImwfxGD75SvlZXg Hakan confirms we signed Andreasson. Mentions Soderblom first when asked about our prospects who have stood out. Says Edvinsson has Hedman potential as well. Says Kronwall will decide which prospects are ready to come over this summer. Also tells funny story about Kronwall from his playing days. Kron was training with a Swedish team one summer and the coach called Hakan to say the Red Wings ruined him and his physical testing is awful. Turns out Kronwall was doing the Swedish teams training program AND the Wings training program on his own time daily. Not realizing he was supposed to stop the Wings program in favor of the Swedish program. Beast.

He's a POS who's a borderline NHLer, if he was a college signing rather than a 6OA pick he'd be with Hirose in GR. His draft position has given him alot of runway... more than his pathetic play deserves.

I think there's a big drop off from Raymond to Fabbri. But then also from Fabbri to Sundqvist. 1-4 are legit top 6 forwards. Fabbri is an acceptable 2nd line forward, but would be a good 3rd liner on a deep team. 6-14 are bottom 6ers right now. I'd like to trade Zadina in the off-season for a defender.

This is a couple years ago but it's a good interview and has good information. https://megaphone.link/VMP3067199829 https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.habseyesontheprize.com/platform/amp/2020/7/3/21310422/coachs-challenge-podcast-what-makes-rikard-gronborg-an-nhl-coaching-target-europe-development Also of note, Lidstrom believes that he is the most ready to make the move to the NHL. NHL clause written in his contract. I trust the opinion of The Perfect Human.

I'll never get the time I wasted reading this "Mickey's Drunk" garbage back... Honestly, I'd say if you don't understand the greatness of Mickey's analysis, you probably haven't been a hockey fan for long enough. There's obviously some nostalgia on my part, but Mickey's an old timer who knows the game and understands it in it's present form and the glory days as well. Nothing like those "old time hockey" stories. Show Mick some respect...